Valve board



July 7, 1936. E, c. MoMILLAN 2,046,787

VALVE BOARD Filed Nov. '2, 1955 1 CC momma];

Patented July 7, 1936 PATENT OFFICE VALVE 150mmv Eugene C. McMillan, Dallas, Tex., assignor of thirty per cent to It. H. Woodard, Dallas, Tex.

Application November 2, 1935',= Serial No. 48,035

4 Claims.

The device forming the subject matter of this application. is adapted to be employed for holding the valves of internal combustion engines, Whilst the valve seats are being ground, it being possible to mount the device readily on a cylinder block, the valves being retained, by the device, in their proper positions relatively to the engine. Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described which will be strong in construction, and be reenforced in a novel way, a. receptacle being provided for small objects, such as cotter pins and the like.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed,

Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, mounted upon the engine block of an internal combustion engine, parts being in section;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section;

Fig. 4 is a top plan;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section.

In Fig. 1, the numeral I designates the block of an internal combustion engine, the block having upstanding studs 2, constituting part of the means whereby the head of the engine is held in place.

The device forming the subject matter of this application preferably is made of sheet metal throughout. It comprises a vertical, plate-like body 3, which may carry advertising material,

indicated fictitiously at 4. At its upper edge, the body I is supplied with an outstanding flange 5, at any desired angle to the body. The flange 5 has any desired number of openings 6, arranged to correspond with the position of the valves of an internal combustion engine, in the engine.

The lower edge of the body 3 may be turned upwardly, to form reenforcing beads I.

A horizontal table 8 projects from the lower edge of the body 3, between the beads I, the table 8 being arranged at right angles to the body 3,

and parallel to the flange 5. The table 8 has an upstanding marginal rim 9, which serves to reenforce and strengthen the table 8. The rim 9, moreover, has another function, in that, in combination with the table 8, it constitutes a 5 small receptacle in which objects of nogreat size, such as cotter pins and the like, may be placed. On its rear edge, the table 8 has an upstanding part IE secured to the body 3, the part I0 terminating in a horizontal arm II, over- 10 hanging the table 8 and disposed parallel to the table 8 and the flange 5. A vertical tubular socket I2 is secured at its upper end to the arm II, and at its lower end to the table 8. The socket I2 opens through the table 8 and the arm 15 I I, as Fig. 3 will show clearly.

The socket I2 and the parts II and I0 serve to reenforce the table 8 and hold it in place. The socket I2 has an additional function, in that it is adapted to receive one of the studs 2 on the 20 block I, when the device is placed on the block, as shown in Fig. 1. The device, thus, rests upon and is secured detachably to the block I, and the stems I4 of the valves I5 may be placed in the openings 6 of the flange 5, the valves thus being 25 arranged in the position that they assume when they are in the engine.

The device, of course, may be removed from the engine block I, whilst the valves I5 are being faced up, or worked upon. otherwise, and any 30 suitable projection on a work bench may be engaged in the socket l2, toprevent the article from turning over on the work bench.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is simple and strong in construction, 5 and is serviceable. It may be placed on the engine block I, and, at the same time, there is ample room for grinding and other work which may have to be performed on the engine block. The valves are kept in their proper place and 4 may be taken out one at a time for resurfacing, and the operator always will be advised as to the proper place of each valve, respecting the engine block.

Having thus described the invention, what is 45 claimed is:

1. A device for holding the valves of internal combustion engines, comprising a body having a flange and a supporting table disposed in approximately parallel relation and at approximately right angles to the body, the flange having openings for the reception of the stems of the valves of an internal combustion engine, and the table having an opening adapted to receive the 55 stud on the block of an internal combustion engine.

2. A device for holding the valves of internal combustion engines, comprising a, body having a flange and a supporting table disposed in approximately parallel relation, and approximately at right angles to the body, an arm on the body and overhanging the table, and a tubular connection between the arm and the table.

3. A device for holding the valves of internal combustion engines, comprising a body having a flange and a supporting table disposed approximately at right angles to the body, the flange having openings for the reception of the stems of the valves of an internal combustion engine, and the table having an opening for the reception of the stud of the block of an internal combustion engine, the table being provided with a marginal reenforcing flange, forming, with the table, a receptacle for the reception of small articles.

4. A device for holding the valves of internal combustion engines, comprising a body having a flange and a supporting table disposed in approximately parallel relation and at approximately right angles to the body, the flange having an opening for the reception of the stern of the valve of an internal combustion engine, an arm on the body and overhanging the table, a tubular socket connecting the arm with the table, and adapted to receive the stud on the block of an internal combustion engine, and an upstanding reenforcing flange on the table, about the socket, the flange and the table constituting a receptacle for small articles.

EUGENE C. McMILLAN. 

